Posts Tagged ‘Cost effectiveness’
Addiction Medicine and Smartphone-Based E-Consult During the COVID-19 Lockdown
A recent study illustrated how the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) Digital Academy, Bangalore, with the collaboration of Project ECHO worked throughout the pandemic to develop capacity for substance abuse disorder (SUD) management through telehealth, training over six thousand five hundred health care providers. The Centre of Addiction Medicine, NIMHANS initiated an…
Read MoreApril 2021 E-Consult Workgroup Webinar
The April E-Consult Workgroup Webinar featured Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Clinical Investigator, Colorado School of Public Health presenting the recent publication, Cost Savings Associated with Electronic Specialty Consultations, based on a study of the Veterans Health Administration e-consult program. In addition, Scott Brunner, MD, Monarch Healthcare, shared examples of e-consult cost effectiveness. You can view…
Read MoreApril 2021 Central Valley E-Consult Coalition Meeting
The E-Consult Workgroup is a gathering of provider organizations, payers, and patient advocate organizations from across the country who share program successes, best practices and published research supporting the expansion and sustainability of e-consult. This month’s workgroup featured Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Clinical Investigator, Colorado School of Public Health presenting the recent publication, Cost…
Read MoreScaling E-Consult Success
An observational cohort study published in the American Journal of Managed care examined administrative data of all veterans who received an e-consult across 41 specialties and 1269 VHA medical centers and clinical sites from 2012 to 2018. The authors found that the number of e-Consults increased by 309% for all specialties by 2018. It was found that…
Read MoreMajor Cost Savings Associated with VHA E-Consults
A study across the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) shows that e-consults improve access to specialty care, shorten wait times, and reduce outpatient visits. Across 11 specialties, patients receiving an e-consult had significantly lower health care costs compared with patients receiving a face-to-face consultation. This was largely driven by differences in outpatient costs. Patients receiving an e-consult had…
Read MorePediatric dermatology e-consults reduce wait times and office visits
Pediatric dermatology e-consults reduce needs for face-to-face visits and offer potential costs savings for payers and patients. Access the article here.
Read MorePandemic Changes what Doctor’s Visits Look Like
In this opinion piece, Dr. Barnett argues that fewer visits caused by the pandemic is a much needed and welcome change in managing patients’ healthcare. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/11/after-pandemic-visiting-doctor-will-never-be-same-thats-fine/
Read MoreHepatology E-Consults Reduce Wait Time, Improve Communication, and Result in Cost Savings
E-Consults decreased wait time of 68 days for face-to-face appointments to 22 hours via e-consults. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6719752/#hep41402-bib-0001
Read MoreE-Consult Saves Time and Expense
Communication between primary doctors and specialists using e-consult reduces delays in specialty care and decreases costs. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/upshot/when-email-comes-to-the-doctors-office-wait-times-decrease.html
Read MoreReduced Cost Of Specialty Care Using Electronic Consultations For Medicaid Patients
Connecticut e-consult program generated an average of $84 PPPM savings for specialty-related episode-of-care costs and delivered annualized Medicaid savings of $578,592. https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05124?journalCode=hlthaff
Read MoreSustainability of a Primary Care-Driven eConsult Service
Canadian program demonstrates potential of e-consult to affect wait times for specialty care when integrated into existing referral workflows. https://www.annfammed.org/content/16/2/120.full
Read MoreCost-Effectiveness of Cardiology eConsults for Medicaid Patients
E-consults impact total cost savings reducing the cost of cardiac outpatient procedures. https://www.ajmc.com/view/a-costeffectiveness-analysis-of-cardiology-econsults-for-medicaid-patients
Read MoreCost savings of providing access to specialist care through e-consult
E-Consults demonstrate potential of avoidance of travel costs and lost wages/productivity associated with face-to-face specialist visits. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/6/e010920
Read MoreCost savings of providing access to specialist care through e-consult
E-Consults demonstrate potential of avoidance of travel costs and lost wages/productivity associated with face-to-face specialist visits. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/6/e010920
Read MoreeReferral — A New Model for Integrated Care (GET FULL ARTICLE)
eReferral offers a new model of integrating primary and specialty care. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1215594#t=article
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